Myotis bocagii

(W. C. H. Peters, 1870)

Bocage's Myotis

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Vespertilionidae
Subfamily : Myotinae
Genus : Myotis
Subgenus : Chrysopteron

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Peters, W.C.H. 1870. Lista de mammiferos das possessões portuguezas da Africa occidental e diagnoses de algumas especies novas. Jornal de sciencias mathematicas, physicas e naturaes 3:123-127.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16192948

Original name as described

Vespertilio Bocagii

Other common names

Bocage's Banana Bat · Bocage's Hairy Bat · Bocage's Mouse-eared Bat · Rufous Hairy Bat · Rufous Mouse-eared Bat · Rufous Mouse-eared Myotis · Rufous Myotis

Type material

ZMB 3973

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

Duque de Bragança, Angola.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Yemen · Senegal · Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Burkina Faso · Nigeria · Cameroon · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Central African Republic · South Sudan · Ethiopia · Uganda · Kenya · Tanzania · Rwanda · Burundi · Angola · Zambia · Malawi · Mozambique · Zimbabwe · South Africa

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005377

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Vespertilio Bocagii

(W. C. H. Peters, 1870)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

bocagii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 3973

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

125

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16192948

Authority publication

Jornal de sciencias mathematicas, physicas e naturaes

Name usages

  1. Rochebrune (1883:99, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26187552) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43667)
  2. Seabra (1900:32) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68460)

Vespertilio dogalensis

(Monticelli, 1887)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

dogalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

518

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29874066

Authority publication

Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova

Name usages

Yerbury & Thomas (1895:546, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30983545) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15197)

Vespertilio Bocagei

(du Bocage, 1889)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

bocagei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

19

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3418977

Authority publication

Jornal de sciencias mathematicas, physicas e naturaes

Name usages

  1. Bocage (1889:19, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3418977) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67736)
  2. Matschie (1895:24, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835417) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)

Myotis bocagei

O. Thomas, 1898

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

bocagei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

927

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988166

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1898:927, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35378)
  2. Thomas (1904:209, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16108295) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16321)
  3. Thomas (1904:407, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16108493) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16275)
  4. Hill & Carter (1941:42) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16955)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1980:63) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  6. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  7. Koopman (1993:209) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  8. Koopman (1994:106) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

Myotis Bocagei cupreolus

O. Thomas, 1904

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

cupreolus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1903.2.4.6

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5c6ae82f-e940-41b1-bee6-1c4d245e3d4e

Authority page

407

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16108493

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1904:407, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16108493) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16275)
  2. Koopman (1994:106) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

Myotis Hildegardeæ

O. Thomas, 1904

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

hildegardeae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1903.3.2.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/52c05f8f-0a42-4859-9c85-0fd337e9126c

Authority page

209

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16108295

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1904:209, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16108295) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16321)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Myotis bocagii

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

bocagii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

90

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782180

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

  1. Allen (1939:90, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1991:70) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  3. Yalden, Largen, Kock & Hillman (1996:90) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36072)
  4. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  5. Amr, Abu Baker & Qumsiyeh (2006:238) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9028)
  6. Monadjem, Schoeman, Reside, Pio, Stoffberg, Bayliss, Cotterill, Curran, Kopp & Taylor (2010:383) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1775)
  7. Happold & Happold (2013:692) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:953) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005377) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14148/22059585) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Myotis bocagii bocagii

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

bocagii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

90

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782180

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

  1. Allen (1939:90, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:953) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Myotis bocagii cupreolus

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

cupreolus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

90

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782180

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

  1. Allen (1939:90, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:953) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Myotis bocagii hildegardeæ

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

hildegardeae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

90

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782180

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:90, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Myotis bocagei bocagei

J. Eric Hill & T. D. Carter, 1941

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

bocagei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

42

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Hill & Carter (1941:42) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16955)
  2. Koopman (1994:106) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

M. b. dogalensis

Koopman, 1994

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

dogalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

106

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Koopman (1994:106) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

Myotis bocagii dogalensis

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

dogalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

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